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UCAS
INFORMATION
EVENING
2020
What is UCAS?
Universities and Colleges
Application Service
UCAS is the organisation responsible for managing
applications to higher education courses in the UK.
UCAS process more than two million applications for
full-time undergraduate courses every year.
UCAS also help students to find the right courses.
The whole UCAS process is completed online.
Why bother? • Improve career prospects. Essential for some vocational qualifications E.g. medicine, chartered engineering • Transferable skills such as numeracy, communication and ICT • Improve earning potential. The average salary for graduates is 30% higher than for non-graduates aged 25-30. • In 2017 , 89.1% of all working age graduates were in employment • In 2017 the average, working age graduate earned £10,000 more per year than the average non-graduate, • Graduates receive approximately 25% more income than non- graduates; £100,000 gross over a lifetime earning • Annual earnings for graduates reach a higher peak at a later age than the annual earnings for non-graduates • Employers want to recruit people with good knowledge, the ability to work with others, the ability to analyse problems and be independent
What else? • Adaptability • Independence • Experience
What can students do
now?
• Students should have registered today now by
accessing the UCAS website
• http://www.ucas.com/
• The buzzword GMS2021 is required to enable
students to register with UCAS and link to
Great Marlow SchoolWhat can a parent do
now?
• Access the UCAS website and have a look.
• There is a section specifically for parents and
carers.
• There is a tab for FAQs.
• Explore Course Search with your child.www.ucas.com
Information for Parents
and carers?
https://www.ucas.com/further-education/post-16-finance-and-support/ucas-
progress-parents-and-carersWhat and Where to Study? • This is dictated by the courses chosen at A Level • Results /qualifications • Appropriate courses • Russell Group • Enjoyment • Aptitude • Career • Geography • Visits • Research
Top 4 questions students
need to ask themselves:
1. What do I want to study?
2. Why do I want to study this degree?
What do I need the degree for?
3. Can I access the degee with the grades
from my A level/BTECs?
4. Where would I like to live for three or
more years?How to qualify for a course
- Tariffs
• The UCAS Tariff is a points system used to report
achievement for entry to higher education (HE) in
a numerical format. It establishes agreed
comparability between different types of
qualifications and provides comparisons between
applicants with different types and volumes of
achievement.
• Students with CACHE, BTEC Diplomas, EPQ and
AS/A2 qualifications are all eligible to apply
through UCAS and the tariff system
• Most universities ask for a points tariff, however
many Russell group universities ask for gradesTarifs A* A B C D E 56 48 40 32 24 16
Tarifs BTEC • BTEC Subsidiary Diploma is equivalent to 1 A Level BTEC • 90 Credit Diploma is equivalent to 1.5 A Levels • CACHE Diploma in Childcare and Education Level 3 is equivalent to 3 A Levels • All equivalences are dependent on Pass, Merit or Distinction Grade in Diploma
Finance/Tuition Fees • Universities can charge up to £9,250 a year for tuition fees to full-time UK students • Amounts charged differ depending on the course and institution – check the UCAS search tool • Tuition fee loans are available to cover the cost of fees and are paid directly to the University or college • No up-front payment • Repayments do not start until students have graduated and are earning over the repayment threshold - £25,000 • https://www.gov.uk/student-finance
Finance/Student Loans • Means tested loans available to all full-time students • Used to supplement basic living expenses and fees • Dependent on parental income, if student is living at home and whether studying is taking place in or outside London
Maintenance Loans
(information from 2019)
• Living with parents: £7324 max
• Not living at home: £8,700 max
• Studying and living in London (not with
parents) - £11,354 max
• Less during your final year (by about £1000 for
each case)Extra areas to find
money!
• Scholarships
• Part-time employment in university
• Living at home with you for 3 more years!Route B: Art & Design • A sequential system for students to apply to art and design courses • Applicants choose up to 3 courses and the order in which they are sent to their chosen institutions • Portfolio based and no use of UCAS required
Personal Statement • All students must complete the online application system • The personal statement is the student’s chance to promote themselves to the universities explaining their skills and achievements, why they want to apply to their chosen course and institution and why the university should have them • It is the only chance offered to personalise the application • Personal statements must be written by the student with help from Form Tutors and Head of Year • Students can begin gathering information about their academic, extra-curricular activities, work and skills now
Student support booklet:
References • References are completed by your child’s form tutor • The references are collated from comments made by students’ subject tutors, form tutors and information provided by the student themselves • These are confidential and only read by the universities • They are written positively with every effort made to reflect the personal statements and the needs of the students • School references can, and will, be used for any referee requests we may get from future employers or for students who decide to apply to university at a later date
Application
pathways
HOW UCAS WORKS
• School sends the completed online application
to UCAS-once this has been done, the dialogue
is between the student and UCAS
• A welcome letter is sent to the student with an
ID number for future correspondence
• Student’s details are sent by UCAS to the
different universities chosen by the studentApplication
pathways
HOW UCAS WORKS
• The university decides whether to offer a place
and informs UCAS
• UCAS inform the student
• When all offers have been received, the student
decides which to accept as a firm and insurance
place
• Offers are usually conditional and subject to
examination results
• An unconditional offer can be given by an
institution to an applicant who has satisfied their
criteria for entryUCAS Track: • Once you have registered yourself, completed your application and entered your preferred destinations, you can monitor progress using UCAS Track • The involvement of the school ends once the reference has been completed-all communication is between the universities and student via UCAS online
Apprenticeships and
careers information
Mrs Gill Southon (CIAG Co-ordinator) is available to
discuss alternative post KS5 routes with all year 13
students.
She is available every Wednesday in the 6th Form
Centre.
Parents may make bookings via Mr Hollyman or
Miss Jones.
Students seeking apprenticeships also need to start
this process now! More information about
apprenticeships will be posted onto the school
website shortly.Key information: • Register NOW! Application fee is £25 for multiple universities (up to 5 choices) and £20 for a single choice. Credit Card is required. • Gather information for your Personal Statement. • Oxbridge applicants will need to write their personal statements over the summer. • 15th October 2020-last date for Oxford and Cambridge, veterinary science, veterinary medicine, medicine and dentistry applications • 15th January 2021-last date for all applicants to be received at UCAS and be guaranteed equal academic consideration
Key dates:
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